Drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman found guilty on all 10 charges

Notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been found guilty on all charges by a jury in Brooklyn federal court.

The jury found Guzman responsible for violence, including murders, as well as the “smuggling of massive amounts of narcotics” into the U.S. over decades, prosecutors told reporters after Tuesday’s verdict.

After the verdict, Ray Donovan, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), called Guzman a “ruthless killer” who was “responsible for unthinkable amounts of death and destruction” in the U.S. and Mexico.

“He was the man behind the curtain — he pulled all the strings,” Donovan said.

PHOTO: In this Jan. 19, 2017 file photo provided U.S. law enforcement, authorities escort Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, center, from a plane to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. (AP, FILE)

PHOTO: Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman is seen here in this January 2017 file video grab. (DEA)

The drug lord is expected to be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole — a sentence that will give him “no escape and no return,” Richard Donoghue, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, told reporters Tuesday.

Jurors were asked to weigh 10 counts against Guzman, each with different components.

Over 50 witnesses were called by the prosecution, describing all aspects of Guzman’s life, from brutal murders, a naked journey he took through a secret tunnel, plastic bananas filled with cocaine and spied-on mistresses.

An official for the DEA on Tuesday described the verdict as justice for countless drug overdose victims in the U.S.

Donovan blamed Guzman and the Sinaloa cartel for the current opioid crisis, noting they first introduced Mexican heroin laced with fentanyl into the U.S.